Sarah Westby represents employers in labor disputes and employment-related litigation. She has significant experience litigating cases in state and federal court, administrative agencies, and through alternate dispute resolution. In addition to defending employment cases in court, Sarah counsels clients on a wide variety of employment and contract-related issues, including alleged discrimination and sexual harassment, compensation, termination, and severance.
Sarah has a background in complex litigation representing clients in antitrust, product liability, and medical malpractice cases. This experience includes trying several multi-million dollar cases to verdict and representing clients through post-trial proceedings.
Sarah regularly represents clients on a pro bono basis through firm partnerships with Lawyers for Children America and the ACLU. Sarah also sits on the Board of Directors for Simply Smiles, Inc., a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing bright futures for impoverished children by building villages of foster homes on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation in South Dakota, and in Oaxaca, Mexico. Sarah has served as the Secretary for Simply Smiles and currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Sarah graduated from Brooklyn Law School with honors and served as a member of the Executive Board of the Brooklyn Journal of International Law. During law school, Sarah served as a legal intern for Hon. Ramon E. Reyes, Jr. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the United States Department of Justice - Civil Rights Division, and the Office of the Corporation Counsel for the City of New York.
- Listed as a Connecticut Super Lawyer Rising Star®: Personal Injury - Products: Defense (2018-2019)
- Brooklyn Journal of International Law, Executive Board
- CALI Excellence Awards: Trial Advocacy; International Business Transactions
- University of Iowa 2010 Trandafir International Business Writing Competition Award
- International Economic Law Graduate Award
- Phi Beta Kappa - Alpha Chapter of Delaware
- DRI, The Voice of the Defense Bar: Young Lawyers Committee; Women in the Law Committee; Medical Liability and Healthcare Law Committee
- American Bar Association: Product Liability Section
- Connecticut Bar Association: Litigation Section
- New York City Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- Simply Smiles, Inc., Board Secretary (2016-2018), Vice Chairman of the Board (2019-present)
- Connecticut Women's Council, Member
- Fred D. Wish School Volunteer Tutor Program
- Leadership Greater Hartford, Quest Class 2018; Hartford Summer Youth Employment Initiative, Member